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BOOK OF TEARS ©2007 Edition of 2 Inspired by 100 Tears, a project about crying and human tears. The 13.5"x 5.5"x 6" box holds three 11.5"x 4" accordion style books with tie closures. The books are presented as a drama, tragedy, and an appeal in the form of multiple words that essentially point to emotive stances that potentially can produce an action. Can the drama of desire link to the acknowledgement of the tragedy we subversively play a role in and open the door for human evolution? Book 1 is made with cutout words from two textured sheets, sandwiched between is tissue for light to pass through. Book 2 is made of newspaper advertisements from the early 1800s and stenciled with black ink and clearly shows not much has changed. Book 3 is made of vellum with lightly printed words. The gossomer of the weightlessness we experience when we let go. Book 1 Seek Will Feel Want Anticipate Envision Dream Strive Aspire Pursue Yearn Esteem Solace Purpose Aim Belief Imagine Hope Wonder Sense Endure Onward Faith Trust Wish Promise Book 2 Fix Change Refrain Stop Halt Erase Override End Hinder Refuse Deter Counteract Block Forgo Prevent Hush Avert Limit Never Renounce Cease Deflect Avoid Reject Book 3 Heart Mindful Certainty Oneness Accord Generous Trust Warmth Honor Embrace Peace Devotion Love Fulfilled Purity Affection Just Exhilarate Tenderness Grace Realized Embody Attentive Calm The large scale work on paper is Tear Landscape ©2004 100" x 130" collage, ink, graphite, gesso Read other book text here. | PAINTING 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2006-2010 2011-2014 MINI-SERIES 1990 Peppers, Seeds, and Rotting Vegetables 1996 What I painted when I could not paint 2005 For the Birds 2007 Butterflies are free 2011 The Year The Permafrost Softened WORKS ON PAPER 1988-1989 Chairs 1989-1990 Umbrellas 1991-1998 1997 The Chase 1998 Dismantled Sketchbooks 1999 Ragdale Series 2000-2004 Collage Art 2002 Charcoal 2000-2004 Figure Drawing 2000-2005 Project Art 2000 Spinning Plates 2002 Fan Collages 2001 Screaming In Places Where I Can't Be heard 2004 Wonderscapes 2005-2006 The Story of the Universe 2008 Buddha Was Here 2009 Life On Hold (NFS) 2010-2016 The Demandments (NFS) MIXED MEDIUM 1995-1998 Sectioned panels 1997-1998 White Paintings and Furry Work 1998 Red Dot Series 2001-2009 Wax, Wire, Gold, Globe, and Glass 2001 How Things Pile Up 2002 Retablos, oil on metal OBJECT ART 2002-present Project Items Historic-present Fane Items 1550-1560 Ancestral Figure Drawings 2002-2016: Paradise 2006: Negative to Positive 2007-present: Four walls* 2008: Found 2010-present: Teacups for Reading Tea Leaves 2011-present: Waterworks* 2000-present: My Crates PERFORMATIVE 2004: White Sands 2006: Blue Clouds LIBRARY OF BOOKS 2000-present Painting Inventory Book of Days Whitewash The Ragdale Book Brain Book Ransom Magazine Book of Tears Pocket Full of Cries Europe Mongolia Flower Book Retablos: How I Got From Here to Here The Fane Pamphlet Scroll of Influence The Story of Red Trees Red Trees History Red Trees Chronicle Red Trees Prayerbook Red Trees Kakemono Book of Leaves Elemental Communion Found: Journals from the future Symbol Book Books of Sense Organ Origin The Wedding Program The Wedding Book I Must Go Ladder Book* Book of Stairs* The Studio Visit Playbill* Flower Book 2* ...continued STUDIO PRACTICE Studio 1: Dayton and Blackhawk Studio 2: Hubbard and House Project scouting and on location Works in progress Exhibits, happenings, homes Studio clippings and announcements Artist WORLD RIVERS PROJECT overview World Rivers: Curtain World Rivers: Participants World Rivers: Rivers World Rivers: Cloth Visit the River Log TEXT ARCHIVE Artwork Installation Books * documentation is forthcoming This archive is a creative history spanning two decades. The documentation is comprised of many technological formats ranging from slides, 4x5s, photographs, and straddles the introduction of digital formatting of the time. The goal was to preserve images, whether high or low resolution. |
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